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Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.

Bode Miller

Eventually I’d like to have a family. I’d like to not be limping around when I’m 50 years old.
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Limping Years
Join the unwillingness to give up. Join doing things your way. Join not joining. Join that purpose is stronger than outcome.
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Join Outcome Purpose Unwillingness
There’s been times when I’ve been in really tough shape at the top of the course. Talk about a hard challenge right there. I mean, if you ever tried to ski when you’re wasted, it’s not easy.
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Challenge Drunk Mean Touch Wasted
I would say most of my style is driven by functionality and comfort.
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Comfort Driven Style
Obviously, you always want to win, but you want to win by skiing a race that you’re proud of and you feel like you really challenged yourself and left it all out there.
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Challenge Obviously Proud Race Winning
At this point in my career, I have the privilege of choosing my partners. In the beginning, you more or less take what comes in the door – or what matches up with your brand.
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Careers Choosing Doors Fashion Partner Privilege
You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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Emotional Levels Running
My team has been very unreceptive about the fact that I consistently show them that I train slightly differently than they do, that I consistently show them that I am in better shape for ski racing than anyone else on the team.
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Consistently Differently Racing Shapes Slightly Team
That’s hard to do when there are a million other people shouting as loud as they can.
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Hard Loud Million People Shouting
I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
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Racing Skiing Sports
That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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Feelings Hundrsths Winning World
In some ways, that’s the story of my season – when I wasn’t making big mistakes, I was winning races and being on the podium. And when I made mistakes I was still fourth or fifth, just off the podium.
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Fourth Mistake Podium Sports Winning
My daughter’s name is Neesyn Dacey but everyone calls her Dacey. Her mom chose Neesyn and I chose Dacey after she was born.
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Daughter Everyone Mom Mother
People in the U.S. will watch anything if it’s put in front of their face over and over again. I like to see what’s possible, more than anything.
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Anything People Sports Watches
One of the really important things about the Olympics is, to enjoy yourself, you have to accept that it’s different and feed off the enthusiasm of everyone and the inspiration and hopefully that will elevate your performance.
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Different Enthusiasm Hopefully Important Inspiration
Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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Legs Odd Skis
Some of them I probably would like. Some of my fans probably beat their wives or run over little kids and they just happen to watch me on TV and like the way I ski.
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Kids Little Running Ski Wife
If you’re unhappy with the way you played, what’s the point?
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Unhappiness Unhappy Way
Why don’t they leave me freedom of choice? People want to impose choices which aren’t necessarily mine. That’s the mistake people make.
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Freedom Make Mitel People
The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.
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People Should Three
The only mental games in ski racing is the mental game against yourself. Is the whole goal of life preserving your life as long as you can?
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Fun Mistake Regret
Once the season starts for me, there isn’t a change in my focus, just a change in my tactics and strategies.
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Change Focus Sports Strategies
One kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
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Equipment Kids Used
Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
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Better Clearly Person
My grandfather was very into horse racing, and I found some of his old journals and got into it from there. It has a lot of parallels to skiing. It’s a fun lifestyle, being around the racetrack.
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Fun Horse Journals Parallel Racing
Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
BODE MILLER

Arousal Careers Issues
A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.
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Adrenaline Huge Lows

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